Dr. H. James Williams, Fisk University President (File Photo)
Fisk University President Dr. H. James Williams and a team of top Fisk administrators were set to visit Atlanta in early December to make the institution’s final pitch to the powerful Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) to give Fisk a clean bill of heath on its accreditation. ... read more »

Los Angeles Superior Court Judge David Cunningham III filed an excessive force complaint against UCLA Campus police recently, after they pulled him over and “roughed him up” over the Thanksgiving weekend during a routine traffic stop in Westwood, ... read more »

In this image made available Tuesday Dec. 3, 2013, Harrison Odjegba Okene poses for a portrait inside a decompression chamber after being rescued from three days underwater (AP Photo)
Entombed at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean in an upended tugboat for three days, ... read more »

City Council President Herb Wesson (Courtesy Photo)
In the wake of the continuing problems with the Department of Water and Power’s new computerized billing system, Council President Herb Wesson has announced that the Los Angeles City Council has adopted a motion directing the DWP to suspend collections and service shut-offs to accounts, ... read more »

Congresswoman Maxine Waters (Courtesy Photo)
Congresswoman Maxine Waters (CA-43), a congressional leader in the fight against HIV/AIDS, issued the following statement in recognition of the 25th anniversary of World AIDS Day, ... read more »

Actress Kerry Washington (Courtesy Photo)
Rumors are flying around the entertainment industry that Kerry Washington, star of the hit ABC series “Scandal”, is pregnant with her first child.
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